Independent women

Investing in British railways, 1870-1922

Bibliographic Data

ID3479779
AuthorsGraeme G Acheson (University of Stirling), Graeme Acheson (0000-0001-7531-2082, University of Stirling), Gareth Campbell (0000-0002-7387-3449, Queen's University Belfast), Áine Gallagher (Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author), John D Turner (0000-0001-8543-4374, Queen's University Belfast)
Year2021
Volume74
Issue2
Pages471-495
Publication date2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ehr.12968
OpenAlexW2998755229
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited58

The early twentieth century saw the British capital market reach a state of maturity before any of its global counterparts. This coincided with more women participating directly in the stock market. This study analyses whether these female shareholders chose to invest independently of men. Using a novel dataset of almost 500,000 shareholders in some of the largest British railways, it shows that women were much more likely to be solo shareholders than men. There is also evidence that they prioritized their independence above other considerations such as where they invested or how diversified they could be

Ancient history · Business · Capital (architecture) · Capital market · Corporate governance · Demographic economics · Economics · Independence (probability theory) · Maturity (psychological) · Political science · Shareholder · State (computer science) · Stock (firearms) · Stock market · Corporate Finance and Governance · Finance · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law

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